Strider Slices onto PSN Today, Xbox Live and PC Today&#33;

Featuring the same franchise hallmarks that fans will remember, Strider will amaze with fluid, lightening quick side scrolling combat and free-flowing traversal through the expansive interconnected metropolis of Kazakh City. As Strider, players will face a myriad of baddies that they can slice through with his indestructible â€˜Cypher,â€™ a plasma charged weapon that can take on a number of properties, all while performing breakneck acrobatic jumps and mid-air flips. Players can also hit enemies with a surprise Kunai attack, call on support companions for some extra muscle or use the climb sickle to gain the high ground when getting the drop on a foe becomes necessary.
Mastering Striderâ€™s signature moves is key and once players are comfortable pulling off acrobatic jumps and mid-air flips in order to slice their way through hundreds of enemies, Strider offers plenty more fun for the ultimate ninja hero to participate in. The game offers a new â€œspeed runâ€ feature called Beacon Run that puts the players skills to the test. This mode is a race style feature that tasks players with hitting consecutive checkpoints while slicing through enemies in the shortest amount of time. Double Helix also threw in a Survival Mode that tests playersâ€™ combat skills with a variety of different item and ability load outs, as waves of progressively difficult and diverse enemies converge on Strider Hiryu.
This has been one game that I have been keeping my eye on since it was first announced last year and from all reports, it looks to be living up to fans of the original seriesâ€™ expectations.